New Programmes: + The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce + Linking Marketing to Bottom Line Results   The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce Date: April 23 & 24, 2007 By Professor Peter Cappelli + Introduction + Key Take-Aways + About the Speaker + e-Newsletter Introduction Changes in the way international business operates and the manner in which companies have responded to it have altered the relationship between employers and employees in important ways.  The difficulty in making long-term plans has led employers to abandon lifetime employment models for arrangements that offer greater flexibility.  At the same time, employees are now more willing to hop from employer to employer, in response to the rise in outside hiring. How should organizations think about talent management in this new context, the process of planning for human capital needs and then responding to meet them?  In particular, how should companies think about important questions such as planning for talent needs in an environment where business is highly uncertain.  How should they think about the crucial "make vs. buy" decision when it comes to filling important jobs?  And how can they make investments in employees pay off in a context where those investments can easily walk out the door to another employer? We consider these challenges and discuss ways of meeting them, based on examples from pioneering companies around the globe. back to top Key Take-Aways: Provide a summary and analysis of the fundamental changes in the relationship between employers and employees wrought by the post-industrial economy. Discuss how employee job security has effectively disappeared in the frenzy of cost-cutting and downsizing as companies increasingly based their business strategies and organizations on market forces. Learn how the new deal at work poses problems for employers, such as to confront the thorny task of hiring and retaining committed, skilled workers. Solve thorny employment situations by presenting workable strategies (golden handcuffs policies, team building and joint ventures, among them). Explore how the new deal has triggered new attitudes among workers as well, with workers committing to an occupation rather than to an employer. Understand how an unchecked mania for optimal short-term market efficiency may shortchange questions of fairness and social equity. back to top About the Speaker DPhil, University of Oxford, 1983 BS, Cornell University, 1978 Peter Cappelli , DPhil Academic Director George W. Taylor Professor of Management Director, Center for Human Resources The WhartonSchool Research Areas Human resource practices, talent and performance management, public policy related to employment. Recently named one of the 25 most influential people in the field of human capital by Vault.com. Current Projects Completing a major study of worker characteristics and establishment performance with the Bureau of the Census. Academic Positions Held Wharton: 1985-present (named George W. Taylor Professor of Management, 1999; Chairperson, Management Department, 1995-99; Director, Center for Human Resources, 1990-present). Previous appointments: University of California, Berkeley; University of Illinois; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Other Positions Co-Director, U.S. Department of Education National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce, University of Pennsylvania, 1991-present; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001-present Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards Best Paper Award, Human Resources Division, Academy of Management, 1993; Best paper, Organizational Dynamics, 1997; Top 5 Papers in Economics of Employment, 2001-2002; University of Minnesota Industrial Relations Award; MBA Core Teaching Award, 1998-2001; Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Teaching Award, 2002, 2006; Executive MBA Teaching Award, 2002, 2005; elected to National Academy of Human Resources, 2004. Professional Leadership 2001-2005 Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain, 2003 to 2005; Editor, Academy of Management Executive, 2004-2007; National Academy of Sciences committee member, 2003 and 2005; Graduate Management Admissions Council Research Board, 2005-present; Member of Human Capital Working Group, Philadelphia’s CEO Council for Growth 2006; Editorial Board, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, Administrative Science Quarterly, Employee Relations (U.K), and Industrial and Labor Relations Review Representative Publications "Why Do Employers Pay for College?" Journal of Econometrics (2005). Talent Management. Harvard Business School Press, 2006. "The New Path to the Top.” Harvard Business Review (January 2005). "Do 'High Performance' Work Practices Improve Establishment-level Outcomes?" Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2001). www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/cappelli.html www.linezine.com/3/themes/bookreview.htm www.managementfirst.com/human_resources/interviews/cappelli www.segalsibson.com/publications/perspectives www.wharton.upenn.edu/alum_mag/issues Online version of "Managing The Market-Driven Workforce" http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article2.cfm http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm back to top We offer preferential pricing to corporate and group registrations. For more information, please contact our Project Manager, Andrina Yeo at 03-7726 3000, email: andrina@kmdc.com.my back to top Wharton Executive Series - Past Events: + Creating Value through Strategic Financial Management (2008) + Strategy Execution (2005) + The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce (2007) + Linking Marketing to Bottom Line Results (2007) + The Power of Impossible Thinking and China Pattern of Reform (2003)   Download Registration Form and Event Brochure: + Download Wharton Executive Series 2007 June Event Brochure + Download Wharton Executive Series - 2007 June Event Registration Form

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